Case: Can’t connect to NoMachine over LAN due to authentication failure, yet logins are the right ones. Log at /usr/NX/var/log/nxerror.log reveals: Authentication failed with error 7.
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Making a Virtualbox Guest OS Accessible Over LAN
Case: When pinged from another PC on the LAN, the guest OS replies: “icmp_seq=XX Packet filtered” which is an error. Host and guest are both Solus Linux 4.1.
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LVM2: Setting Snapshots to Auto-Extend With a Threshold Setting
Case: Forced to use LVM2 snapshots as a backup solution since the OS installed as LVM instead of regular partitions.
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LVM2: Adding Secondary HDD to Volume Group and Using the Space for Snapshots
Case: OS: Solus 4.1 installed with LVM; drive: 250GB SSD taken over by the installation. Freeing up space for point-in-time snapshots/backups is required.
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Removing a Horizontal Line in Libre Writer
Case: Inserting a horizontal rule by typing dashes (“————“) in Libre Writer causes the line to appear, but attached to the paragraph or list item before it. No selection or conventional removal methods work (Ctrl+x or select and delete/backspace).
Directory to Place a Startup Script in Ubuntu
Case: A sudo-installed application needs to be run as local user upon startup AND/OR a shell script is required to be called upon startup.
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Ubuntu Fails to Boot Due to Misconfiguration in /etc/fstab
Case: While setting up a static mount in /etc/fstab got the wrong settings and now Ubuntu won’t boot. Fixing fstab is required.
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LibreCalc displaying cell formula instead of result
Case: LibreCalc (any OS) displaying formulas instead of their output, without any prior changes to settings and for any document.
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phpMyAdmin error on Google Chrome: “Failed to set session cookie. Maybe you are using HTTP instead of HTTPS to access phpMyAdmin.”
Case: When trying to log in to phpMyAdmin on a localhost, via https, with Chrome, a “Failed to set session cookie” is displayed, although cookies are being set successfully.
“Support for cores revisions 0x17 and 0x18 disabled by module param allhwsupport=0. Try b43.allhwsupport=1” when booting Ubuntu
Case: Error received when installing Lubuntu 16.04 from an Alternate Image (for low-RAM pc’s) on an Asus EEE-PC 1015PW.